Unreal Engine developer kit now freely downloadable
The Unreal Engine has historically been very hard to get your hands on with large license fees and other barriers to entry. And now, just like that, it's being made freely available to everyone. Whether for educational or non-commercial purposes, or to make your own commercial game, you can now use the UDK and get started with the fun bit -- the game creation -- immediately.
The catch? For non-commercial purposes: there is none. Students and those of you that are quietly working away on the next Big Thing in a garage or basement somewhere -- REJOICE!
For commercial developers: it'll cost you 25% of your royalty on any revenue revenue over $5,000 (see the full licensing details for more info).
And for everyone else -- the gamers! -- be ready for a lot more Time-Waster games powered by the Unreal Engine in the next few months!
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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pat_boy2008 said 9:16AM on 11-06-2009
Sweet!
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Arnie said 9:31AM on 11-06-2009
Even though I am a programmer, I feel intimidated by this thing. The problem is not learning it which given enough time, anyone can. It's the ability to create something enjoyable and coherent.
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Sebastian Anthony said 9:34AM on 11-06-2009
Yep, the classic 'Dude, 3D Studio Max is so cooool!' :: insert 500 hours of learning ::
'I finally made something worthwhile!'
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But looking at the UI and so on... it looks pretty 'usable'. Obviously you still need to be a games DESIGNER rather than just a PROGRAMMER, or you won't churn out anything playable :)
mko said 1:21PM on 11-06-2009
Hey why no link to Big Download?
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hazard said 9:56PM on 11-06-2009
Nice. This will be a boon for Machinima too.
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Sebastian Anthony said 9:57PM on 11-06-2009
Ooh, forgot about machinima! That's a damn good point.
DeoWulf said 6:35PM on 11-07-2009
25% is a pretty big cut. But, then again, if you make it all yourself with no charge for the dev kit, I guess it's not so bad.
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